Today at Atelier Kaz - ex-Honda R&D, F1, Indy/CART engineer

Couldn’t take lots of photos while my hands were covered in oil
dealing with lots of rocker arms, etc so just the end result.







All four cam shafts removed, holder plate and cam holders are
now soaked in the cleaning solution.

Will inspect the cam shaft in detail later.
Considering ...

Tags: cam holder, cam holder plate, cam shaft, holder plate, rocker arm, rocker shaft, spool valve, vtec, vtec spool valve

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Eng Refresh Stage 1 + LMA

Small contamination trapped at the VTEC spool valve filter.









It’s the later spec one so the solenoid has
smaller diameter (about 25mm) compared ...

Tags: cam holder, cover plate, spool valve, tb back cover, tb cover plate, tb front cover, tb mid cover, tb rear cover, vtec, vtec solenoid, vtec spool valve, vtec valve

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Engine Refresh Stage 2

Just keep removing the parts in preparation for taking the engine out.








Once the engine is out, it’s not easy to apply huge torque at the
crank pulley bolt so loosen it at this stage.







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Updated 30-10-2012 at 11:16 AM by Kaz-kzukNA1

Tags: a/c compressor, air con compressor, cam cap, cat, compressor, exhaust, heat shield, spool valve, timing belt

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TB/WP/Valve Service

New design LMA installed in the pocket.





New O-ring under the #1 cam holder.










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Updated 24-09-2012 at 10:02 AM by Kaz-kzukNA1 (Revised blog category.)

Tags: cam holder, cam shaft, lma, lost motion, spool valve, vtec, vtec spool valve

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Eng Refresh Stage 1 + LMA

Quite busy at the moment so just a quick updates.






Finally, happy with the state of the front cyl head so started the LMA installation.
The old tired LMA (left) and the new latest design one (right) with much longer durability.







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Updated 24-09-2012 at 10:02 AM by Kaz-kzukNA1 (Revised blog category.)

Tags: lma, lost motion, oil press sender, oil pressure sender, orifice, rocker shaft, spool valve, vtec

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Eng Refresh Stage 1 + LMA